- This is a Magnavox Odyssey 200 video game console from 1975.
I bought this when I was in my early 20s,
so I used to have my friends come over to the house,
we'd have a few beers, and get crazy with the Odyssey here.
You guys sound like some wild dudes.
DOUG: [laughing]
[video game beeping]
Back when I first got it, I was the coolest guy on the block.
I have a tendency to collect things,
and my wife has gently suggested that I
get rid of a few of them.
Today I'm hoping to get about $350 for it.
Oh, it's nice, man.
The Magnavox Odyssey was released in like, 1972.
It was huge, I mean, it was the first commercially-available
video game console.
Back then just the novelty of being able to play
a game on a TV was pretty cool.
Basically it was a little white dot that went back and forth
and each player had a paddle.
If you hit the dot with your paddle, the game continued.
If the dot got past your paddle, your opponent scored a point.
Essentially it was Pong, right?
DOUG: Yeah, it was kind of a Pong on steroids.
Kids these days are totally obsessed with video games.
While everybody's heard of the Atari,
the Odyssey actually came out five years before that.
I'm sure gamers everywhere would love
this thing if they could leave their couch
long enough to come buy it.
You mind if I open it up?
Sure, go ahead.
Don't break it, Big Hoss.
BIG HOSS: Does it take batteries?
Yeah, it takes six C-cell batteries.
They couldn't even give you a power cord with it, huh?
[laughing]
There's is a switch on the front,
A B, and C, for the three games, the two- or four-player mode.
You control the paddle with the knobs.
BIG HOSS: What do you want to do with it, man?
Well, I'd like to sell it.
Any idea of what you're looking to get out of it?
Well, I'd like to get $350.
- Like $3.50? - OK.
[laughing]
No, $350.
I think it has some historical value and everything's
here, the game, the box, the owner's
manual, and the accessories.
I can offer you about $25.
Wow.
BIG HOSS: You know, you might want to hold on to it
for a little while longer.
I mean, you've held onto it this long.
It might be worth something someday, just not to me,
not today.
I think I'll see what happens in the future.
All right, my man.
Thanks a lot, man, I appreciate it.
Thanks for taking a look at it.
When he said $75, I was devastated.
I paid more for it back in 1975.
He said, you know, if you wait a few more years it might
increase in value, so I think I'll just
keep it and wait until then.